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• FOOD IS A BLEND OF MALAY, CHINESE, SPANISH, AND SOME AMERICAN/ WESTERN INFLUENCE.
  
  POPULAR FOOD/ DISH INCLUDES: LECHON (ROASTED PIG), VARIETY OF NOODLE DISH (PANSIT), ADOBO (PORK OR CHICKEN STEW), LUMPIA (FRIED EGGROLL), FRIED CHICKEN, VARIETIES OF VEGETABLE DISH MIXED WITH MEAT OR SHRIMPS, PORK RINDS (CHICHARON), DINUGUAN ("CHOCOLATE MEAT" STEW).
  
  
• RICE WITH MOST MEALS, IN CERTAIN AREAS CORN MEAL OR MIXED CORN MEAL.
  
  
• MANY FOODS ARE SALTY OR PROCESSED WITH SALT.
  
  
• FISH AND SEA FOODS (FRIED, STEWED, SALTED OR DRIED).
  
  
• PORK IS PREFERRED MEAT.
  
  
• FRYING IS COMMON PROCEDURE OF COOKING.
  
  
• SOME DISHES AND DESSERTS ARE COOKED WITH COCONUT OIL
  
  
• TOPICAL FRUITS INCLUDES MANGO, PAPAYA, AVOCADO, GUAVA, BANANA, PINEAPPLE.
  
  
• COMMON VEGETABLES: AMPALAYA (BITTER MELON), VARIETY OF GOURD, VARIETY OF BEANS, EGGPLANTS, SQUASH, VARIETY OF GREEN/LEAFY VEGETABLES.
  
  
• SALAD GREENS ARE NOT POPULAR, REMINDS THEM OF GRASS.
  
  
• HOT CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE POPULAR BREAKFAST DRINKS.
  
  
• SWEETS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FEMININITY, AND NOT SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE IF HABITUALLY CONSUMED BY MEN.